Australia has many animals, some are native and some are introduced, or non-native.

Native animals were in Australia before white people arrived and evolved with the landscape and aboriginal people over thousands of years. Non-native or introduced animals have been brought to Australia, some on purpose for farming, sport, as pets, to display in zoos etc., and others accidentally such as black rats aboard ships.

See how many questions you can answer correctly by taking the quiz below…Good Luck!

1.

The sugar glider is a type of:

Possum

Cockatoo

Frog

Butterfly

Pelican

2.

This very social bird is found over most of Australia, and is known by several names, including Eolophus roseicapilla (scientific name), rose-breasted cockatoo, roseate cockatoo or pink and grey cockatoo. It is, however, much better known by its Aboriginal name; what is that name?

Lorikeet

Australian magpie

Galah

Seagull

Swan

3.

This Australian bird has a call that sounds like laughing. What is its name?

Cockatiel

Rainbow lorikeet

Budgerigar

Galah

Kookaburra

4.

This is a flying fox, one of the largest bats in the world, and it is just hanging around trying to have a nap. Like most bats, it is nocturnal, but when it goes out at night, what is it likely to eat?

Foxes

Frogs

Pollen and nectar

Eagles

Human blood

5.

Echidna are monotremes (a mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth). Name the only other monotreme.

Wombat

Platypus

Brushtail possum

Bilby

Koala

6.

What do koalas eat?

Honey

Bananas

Insects

Vegemite

Eucalypt/gum leaves

7.

What is this native Australian bird called?

Tawny frogmouth

Kookaburra

Magpie

Emu

Magpie lark

8.

I am a small mammal and have been adopted as the Australian symbol for Easter. Instead of the Easter Bunny, we have the Easter, _____?